WP User Profile Restriction
by TheInnovs · Login & Users
Also makes 4 other plugins · 710+ installs across the portfolio →
Restrict user profile editing with granular role-based controls, additional wp-admin page restrictions, REST API protection, and custom redirects.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈510 estimated
Momentum
+60%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “restrict wp admin pages” for “profile”. “restrict wp admin pages” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “profile” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.2%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 5.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 88 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| user profile restriction your tag | #3 | #12 | up 1 |
| rest api restriction your tag | #4 | #14 | down 1 |
| disable editing user profile your tag | #4 | #16 | down 1 |
| restriction | #8 | #21 | up 1 |
| role based restrictions your tag | #10 | #18 | down 1 |
| user profile | #14 | #22 | 0 |
| profile | #17 | #22 | down 1 |
| page restriction | #7 | #20 | 0 |
| post restriction | #8 | #18 | up 1 |
| user restriction | #9 | #19 | 0 |
| role based restriction | #9 | #18 | 0 |
| role restriction | #9 | #17 | down 1 |
| restrictions | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| user upload restriction | #10 | #23 | down 1 |
| page restriction with role | #11 | #21 | 0 |
| content restriction | #20 | #22 | down 4 |
| user profile contacts | #12 | #20 | down 1 |
| author profile | #22 | #18 | down 3 |
| profile pages | #17 | #21 | down 2 |
| profile page | #18 | #20 | down 3 |
| restrict wp admin pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
54 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 34 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “restrict wp admin pages” for “profile”. “restrict wp admin pages” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “profile” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 679 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 41% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 28 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 500.
At the current install trend, crossing 600+ in roughly 229 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ gwenm4.0y ago
Very good 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ OutBoxed4.5y ago
It does exactly what I needed it to do, thank you 🙂 PS: This works perfectly in conjunction with the Autologin Links and Registered Users Only plugins, where you want to create a standard subscriber autologin link (for restricted/intranet/private content), but you don’t want subscribers to be able to modify any profile info. This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by OutBoxed. This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by OutBoxed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ samurai175.6y ago
Good job 🙏
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lien0075.8y ago
Thank you so much for making
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ evillizard6.4y ago
Quick and simple straight to the point, other authors to should be more like you, .. I’ve tried several confusing plugins .. But this just went straight to the point and solved the problem..
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Restrict user profile editing with granular role-based controls, additional wp-admin page restrictions, RES..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 17 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 17 of 17 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions REST API.
- ✓ Headings and lists 11 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,124 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("disable editing user profile", "restrict wp-admin pages", "role based restrictions" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-03 400+ → 500+ up after 246 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-28 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-27 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-26 300+ → 400+ up after 114 days in tier
- 2025-10-04 500+ → 300+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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